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OBEDIENCE
As I had self-love as well as the love of what is right it was sufficient but once to tell me: "Such a thing should not be done," and I would have no desire to do it again.
HIST. D'UNE AME, CH. I
From what anxieties do we not free
ourselves by making the vow of obedience!
How happy are single-minded
religious. Their sole guide being the
will of Superiors, they are ever secure
of going the right way without fear of
error, should it even appear to them
certain that the Superiors are mistaken.
But when one ceases to consult the sure
compass, the soul forthwith loses her
